Terming as "slow" the drafting of Lokpal Bill, joint panel co-chair Shanti Bhushan on Thursday expressed doubts over completion of the process by the deadline of June 30 and urged the government to communicate to the civil society its po
As it drafts a new land acquisition policy, the government on Thursday said it will examine suggestions on the issue from every section, including the National Advisory Council (NAC) which has proposed integration of relief measures with land acqu
K V Ramalingam will be the the first Tamil Nadu minister to arrive in New Delhi on Friday. The purpose of his visit is to submit his resignation from Rajya Sabha since he has been elected as an MLA. Ramalingam will be the first ADMK minister to ar
Tax sleuths unearthed central excise and service tax evasion amounting to over Rs 5, 500 crore in the 2010-11 financial year, even as pressure mounted on the government to crack down on black money. Unravelling the trail of the ill-gotten
NAC chairperson Sonia Gandhi has written to prime minister Manmohan Singh advising that the proposed national policy for domestic workers should ensure remuneration without sex discrimination and protection against sexual harassment at work place
A head count to identify the poor, including their caste and religion, was on Thursday approved by the government which aims at ensuring that the benefits of targetted subsidy programme reach them. A meeting of the union cabinet, chaired b
Facing flak for sending a team to extradite Purulia arms drop case accused Kim Davy with an expired warrant, an emabarrased CBI on Thursday said all documents are "in order" for the case to move forward in a Danish court. The CBI
Prime minister Manmohan Singh will dedicate to the nation on Friday the Oil Refineries Project at Bina in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, official sources said on Thursday. Bharat Oman Refineries Limited (BORL), is a company promote
The enforcement directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against sacked CWG organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi in connection with financial dealings during the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The directorate, which had ea
Tatas are being portrayed by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India`s premier investigation agency, as the "victim" in 2G spectrum scam but they are the greatest beneficiary in the allocation of the radio waves during the tenure of
The Indian Medical Association (IMA), an association of doctors, on Wednesday expressed its displeasure over the appointment of a new body of governors of the Medical Council of India (MCI), the country’s apex institute to regulate medical e
Bolstered by the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden near Islamabad, India too sent a list of 50 most wanted criminals/terrorists, all of whom were hiding in Pakistan. Imagine the embarrassment that has come when it was found that one of them (at
The Goa crime branch has launched an extensive investigation, covering senior government officials, into the alleged illegal mining case involving NCP general secretary Jitendra Deshprabhu. The investigation covers senior government offici
The Left parties and JD(S) on Thursday demanded the resignation of Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and assembly speaker K G Bopaiah contending that the supreme court decision quashing the disqualification of 16 MLAs was a "clear and
A court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of three Maharashtra government officials arrested in connection with the missing files related to the scam- tainted Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai. Denying relief to the trio, Gurudatt
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G spectrum scam Wednesday began examining the telecom policy pursued during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule as it sought to know the quantum of losses incurred during that period and decided
Because of traffic jams, every car in Mumbai consumes 10 percent more fuel, according to Mumbai traffic police. Fuel consumption in the metro has shot up also due to ongoing construction activities like metro and monorails, bridges, street and hap
With Rs 103 crore in his kitty, A Narayanan of the AIADMK is the richest MLA in the just concluded assembly elections in five states (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, West Bengal and Puducherry). The numbers of crorepatis in assembly elections have incr
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairman Sudhir Chandra on Wednesday faced an embarassing situation as at a seminar on black money he tried to avoid a direct question seeking more information about top tax evaders and Swiss bank account holde
State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Pratip Chaudhury today said his bank had zero tolerance on the issue of corruption in the schemes being executed through banks and the employees of his bank seeking bribe would face stern punitive action.
